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From: macko@tusia.kiel.org (Maciej Wiatr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Filter for HPDeskJet500C wanted
Message-ID: <9ckBPD1w165w@tusia.kiel.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 96 20:11:07 PDT
Organization: TimeSpace Private
Lines: 59
Hallo,
I have fought with my printer for some days and reached nothing.
After reading the printing.sgml file I installed the filter file,
which is given there as one for HPDeskJet500 series :
#!/bin/sh
#
# ifhp - Print Ghostscript-simulated PostScript on a DesJet 500
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/hpif
#
# Treat LF as CR+LF:
#
printf "\033&ero;k2G" || exit 2
#
# Read first two characters of the file
#
read first_line
first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
#
# It's PostScript; use Ghostscript to scan-convert and print it
#
/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=djet500 -sOutputFile=- - \
ero;ero; exit 0
else
#
# Plain text or HP/PCL, so just print it directly; print a form
# at the end to eject the last page.
#
echo $first_line &ero;&ero; cat &ero;&ero; printf "\f" &ero;&ero; exit 2
fi
exit 2
Every time I want to print I get the massage in the error file :
ero : not found
or something else.
Is there anybody here, who has a proper filter file for the mentioned printer
(ASCII and Postscript) and could send me a copy of it ?
Maybe you have some hints, how to change the file from above to get a right
result. Let me know, please.
Regards
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